1990–91 Courage League

1990–91 Courage League
Countries	England
Champions	Bath (2nd title)
Runners-up	Wasps
Relegated	Moseley Liverpool St Helens
Matches played	78
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 National Division One (known as the Courage League for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of top flight rugby union in England. The league was expanded to thirteen teams, with promoted teams Northampton Saints and Liverpool St Helens replacing Bedford Blues. Each team played each other once. Bath were the champions, beating Wasps by just one point. Moseley and Liverpool St Helens were relegated.^[1]

Participating teams

London

London teams

Harlequins
Rosslyn Park
Saracens
Wasps

Locations of the 1990–91 Courage League National Division One teams

Harlequins

Rosslyn Park

Saracens

Wasps

Greater London Courage League National League Division One teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bath	Recreation Ground	8,200	Bath, Somerset
Bristol	Memorial Stadium	12,100	Bristol, Avon
Gloucester	Kingsholm	11,000	Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Harlequins	The Stoop	8,500	Twickenham, London
Leicester Tigers	Welford Road	16,000	Leicester, Leicestershire
Liverpool St Helens	Moss Lane	4,370	St Helens, Merseyside
Moseley	The Reddings	10,000 (est)	Birmingham, West Midlands
Northampton Saints	Franklin's Gardens	10,000	Northampton, Northamptonshire
Nottingham	Ireland Avenue	4,950	Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Orrell	Edge Hall Road	3,000	Orrell, Greater Manchester
Rosslyn Park	Priory Lane	2,000	Roehampton, London
Saracens	Bramley Road	2,000	Enfield, London
Wasps	Repton Avenue	3,200	Sudbury, London

Table

1990–91 Courage League National Division One Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Points
1	Bath (C)	12	11	0	1	280	104	176	22
2	Wasps	12	9	1	2	252	151	101	19
3	Harlequins	12	8	0	4	267	162	105	16
4	Leicester Tigers	12	8	0	4	244	140	104	16
5	Orrell	12	7	0	5	247	105	142	14
6	Gloucester	12	6	0	6	207	163	44	12
7	Rosslyn Park	12	6	0	6	216	174	42	12
8	Nottingham	12	6	0	6	138	194	–56	12
9	Northampton Saints	12	5	1	6	149	254	–105	11
10	Saracens	12	5	0	7	151	228	–57	10
11	Bristol Rugby	12	4	1	7	135	219	–84	9
12	Moseley (R)	12	1	1	10	113	244	–131	3
13	Liverpool St Helens (R)	12	0	0	12	88	349	–261	0

Results

The home team is listed in the left column.


Clubs	BAT	BRI	GLO	HAR	LEI	LIV	MOS	NOR	NOT	ORR	ROS	SAR	WAS
Bath Rugby				23-3		46-3	11-6			17-9	45-21		15-16
Bristol Rugby	3-10		15-12		10-6				6-22	3-36		25-6
Gloucester RFC	15-17			38-19			30-12		22-6	9-16		21-16
Harlequins		38-16				41-12	33-6	21-6			18-6		12-18
Leicester Tigers	3-9		18-6	12-15					25-9	15-12		29-6
Liverpool St Helens		6-7	7-26		7-28			13-23	12-13			3-17
Moseley		9-9			19-43	20-12		10-16			9-19		9-22
Northampton Saints	10-16	12-9	6-7		18-28				22-15			15-6
Nottingham	9-22			6-19			12-7			16-12		3-28	12-10
Orrell				12-9		38-0	16-0	60-0			12-3		12-14
Rosslyn Park		16-13	17-12		17-15	39-9		48-0	9-15
Saracens	6-49			7-39			21-6			19-12	13-11
Wasps		46-19	14-9		12-22	51-4		21-21			13-10	15-6

Home win

Draw

Away win

Sponsorship

National Division One is part of the Courage Clubs Championship and is sponsored by Courage Brewery.

References

↑ "Courage Club Championship 1990/91". Moseley Rugby Club. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

External links

Official website

English Premiership

2016–17 teams	Bath Bristol Exeter Chiefs Gloucester Harlequins Leicester Tigers Newcastle Falcons Northampton Saints Sale Sharks Saracens Wasps Worcester Warriors

Former clubs	Bedford Coventry Leeds Carnegie (Leeds Tykes) Liverpool St Helens London Irish London Scottish London Welsh Moseley Nottingham Orrell Richmond Rosslyn Park Rotherham Titans Rugby Lions Waterloo West Hartlepool

Seasons	1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Rugby union in England

Governing body

National teams

Men's	England England Saxons 7's U-20 U-21 U-19 U-18 Schoolboys British and Irish Lions England Counties XV

Women's	Women's 7's

International Competitions

Competition divisions

European competitions

National competitions

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competitions

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County competitions

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